Iga Swiatek: Improving, not just winning, on world No. 1's mind ahead of Canadian Open and US Open

For someone who has done so much winning this year it might be surprising to hear Iga Swiatek say that stacking up more W's is not her only focus this summer. The world No. 1 has bossed the WTA Tour in 2022, scooping up four WTA 1000 titles, a second Grand Slam title at the French Open, and winning 37 matches in a row, a streak which ended in the third round at Wimbledon.

Ad She’s the top seed at this week’s Canadian Open in Toronto, a tournament where she hinted at her potential in 2019 when she upset former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki before losing to Naomi Osaka in a close match. Three years later it will be about trying to assert her authority on her rivals again and restore her aura of invincibility after losing two of her last four matches (Wimbledon and Warsaw).

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On the other hand, it can also pressure me, so I'm just trying not to think about what happened but prepare for what's coming. Williams says she would have won '30-plus Grand Slams' Gauff hails 'GOAT of GOATs' Williams ahead of retirement »I just hope I'm not going to be only focused on winning, winning, winning because I want to also improve some stuff in my game. «We had time to practice a little bit more after Roland Garros and after Wimbledon.